DIVING COMPANIONS,COUSTEAU 1974 1ST DEEP SEA DIVING DJ

DIVING COMPANIONS

SEA LION - ELEPHANT SEAL - WALRUS

BY

JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAU

AND

PHILIPPE DIOLE

DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY, INC

NEW YORK

1974

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"A FASCINATING TOUR THROUGH THE OCEANS OF THE WORLD IN WHICH JACQUES COUSTEAU AND HIS RENOWNED TEAM OF SCIENTIST-ADVENTURERS AND DIVERS ABOARD CALYPSO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES WITH THREE COLORFUL SPECIES OF MARINE ANIMALS."

"STARTING OFF THE COAST OF CAPETOWN, THE TEAM CAPTURES TWO SEA LIONS AND KEEPS THEM ABOARD CALYPSO IN THEIR OWN POOL; THEN DIVES WITH THEM IN ENCLOSED AREAS, HOPING TO MAKE THEM "DIVING PARTNERS", TO ESTABLISH MUTUAL TRUST THAT WILL ENDURE EVEN AFATER THE SEA LIONS ARE RETURNED TO THE OPEN SEA."

"NEXT CALYPSO SAILS HALFWAY AROUND THE WORLD TO THE ISLAND OF GUADALUPE, OFF BAJA CALIFORNIA, WHERE RARE ELEPHANT SEALS GATHER DURING THE MATING SEASON.  THE CREW SPENDS A PERIOD OF TIME AMONG THESE SHY ANIMALS, WHOSE LONG, TRUNKLIKE NOSES GIVE THEM THEIR NAME, OBSERVING THEIR LIVING HABITS AND FINDING THAT BEHIND THEIR FORBIDDING EXTERIORS THEY ARE ENDOWNED WITH ORIGINALITY."

"FINALLY, THE TEAM MOVES NORTH TO THE FROZEN REACHES OF THE ARCTIC, TO WITNESS THE SPRINGTIME MIGRATION OF WALRUSES AS THE LUMBERING MAMMALS HITCH RIDES FOR HUNDREDS OF MILES ON FLOATING BLOCKS OF ICE."

"HIGHLIGHTING THEIR ADVENTURES WITH 126 DRAMATIAC PHOTOGRAPHS IN FULL COLOR, CAPTAIN COUSTEAU AND PHILIPPE DIOLE BRING WONDER,M HUMOR AND CONSTANT AFFECTION TO THEIR FAR FLUNG TALE OF THREE APPEALING "DIVING COMPANIONS."

CONTENTS...

• SEA LION
• GANNETS, PENGUINS, AND SEA LIONS
• PEPITO AND CHRISTOBALD
• AT LIBERTY IN THE SEA
• HURRICANE AT GUADALUPE
• A QUESTION OF TERRITORY
• THE ELEPHANT SEALS
• CALYPSO IN THE BERING SEA
• AN ISLAND OF ICE
• THE HAPPY ESKIMO
• SPRINGTIME IN THE ARCTIC
• BURKE THE WALRUS

THIS BOOK IS A FORMER LIBRARY BOOK WITH THE USUSAL MARKINGS.  THE DUSTJACKET IS LIGHTLY SOILED, WITH EDGE CREASES AND SMALL RIPS.  THE COVER IS LIGHTLY SOILED, WITH TAPE RESIDUE, LIGHT EDGE SCRAPES AND CORNER BUMPING.  THE BINDING IS TIGHT AND ALL PAGES INTACT.   THERE ARE 304 PAGES AND MANY MANY BEAUTIFUL COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS.